The infamous Boston Mob ran rackets from an office here in the 1970s.

Dedicated to one of the darkest moments in Irish history.

The former site of an all-but-forgotten colonial landmark is now remembered by an often overlooked bas relief.

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

Each August, one of the largest religious (and food) celebrations in the country is held in Boston.

A plaque memorializes the Boston location of one of the largest nightclub fires in history.

The oldest working bell set in North America, the bells at Old North Church sat silent for their first four years in Massachusetts.

Tragedy on Little Brewster Island memorialized.

Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

One of the indelible moments of the American Revolution took place at this location.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

A mysterious stone embedded at the base of a historic Boston building.

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.

The remnants of a Gilded Age elegance preserved in the middle of a stark modern tower.

The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

No one messes with the Massachusetts sacred cod, not this time...

An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.

The first bell ever cast in Boston was cast by Paul Revere...and sounded terrible.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

This historic patch of real estate offers a glimpse of colonial Boston.

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.